According to a recent piece in the New Yorker, 45 million fewer voters voted for congressional candidates in 2010 than in 2008. Forty-five MILLION. According to the same piece, the 2010 electorate was overwhelmingly elderly. Folks like me. Well, not like me, I suppose, because I supported Obama in 2008 (and before!) and I support him now. And I voted a nearly straight Democratic ballot this year (nearly because we have our assholes too). So what this looks like to me is that the young folks who supported Obama in 2008 just didn't come out.
Well, young folks who didn't come out, I hope you're not thinking about complaining about the job he's doing. Repeatedly in the campaign and during his presidency, Mr. Obama has said that he can't do it alone, that it's up to us, that we need to help. Repeatedly. And forty-five million people decided it was too much trouble to get out and help this time. If things go badly for the next two years (and they will, they surely will), it won't be Mr. O's fault. It'll be yours.
Thanks a lot, kids.
Next time get your youthful bottoms off the couch and vote these idiots out!
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